Bulandshahr

Bulandshahr, a British district in the Meerut division, North-west Provinces of India, with an area of 1915 sq. m., lying between the Jumna and the Ganges. It forms a part of the Doab, and presents the aspect of a monotonous cultivated plain, with an average elevation of 650 feet above sea-level. The Ganges Canal passes through the district from north to south, and artificial irrigation has made many unpromising districts fruitful. More than one-fourth of the cultivated area is so supplied. Cereals, safflower, indigo, cotton, and wool are exported. The East India Railway passes through Bulandshahr, the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway crosses its south-east corner. There are twelve towns with a population of over 5000, of which the most important are: Khurja (27,190), Sikandarabad (16,479), and Bulandshahr or Baran. This last, the administrative headquarters, is a place of great antiquity, coins of Alexander the Great being still found here. Pop. of town, 18,500.